Comparison of Relative Waist Circumference between Asian Indian and US Adults

Table 4

Mean (se) of waist-to-weight ratio by sex and population.

	Male				Female
	African American	Mexican American	Caucasian	Asian Indian	African American	Mexican American	Caucasian	Asian Indian
Waist/weight	1.09 (0.006)	1.21 (0.006)	1.14 (0.006)	1.35* (0.002)	1.23 (0.005)	1.33 (0.005)	1.27 (0.006)	1.45* (0.002)
Waist/weight	1.21 (0.006)	1.27 (0.005)	1.26 (0.007)	1.37* (0.002)	1.24 (0.005)	1.30 (0.005)	1.28 (0.005)	1.40* (0.002)
adjusted for age and height

compared to all other groups.
for all other sex-specific comparisons, except for Mexican American men and Caucasian men in the age and height-adjusted model.